Summer was their ultimate dream. When they were together they dominated, no matter where they were or whom they were with. His weaknesses were her strengths, and vice versa; they completed the cliché partnership, half and half, the perfect pair. They didn’t finish each other’s sentences – that would have been too much – but it was obvious that their thoughts coincided a lot, and their comments and questions complimented each other.
Jack’s family had always been something of a burden on his life; he never felt that he fit in, except that he looked exactly the same as his big brother. But he was quiet when he was at home, very introverted. His relationships with both of his parents were different and alike; his mom was the person who supported everything he did but never really looked too deeply into his interests, and his dad had an image for his son, but he didn’t care enough to actually push him.
With no siblings to rival, Jane was close with both of her parents. She had almost no secrets from them, and they trusted her to keep herself on the right track. When she messed up, they would talk to her, but then everything would go back to her control. Her parents never grounded her, nor did they enforce any sort of curfew, so she was free to do almost anything she wanted.
Jack and Jane met in middle school when they dated for a week. They became so close that Jane decided Jack was more best friend material instead of boyfriend material, and Jack agreed. Neither of them was mature enough to date someone, so they used their strong connection to build a friendship that no boy and no girl could break. In school they sat together, they ate lunch together, and after school they walked home together. Jack had become tough after growing up with his big brother picking on him all the time, so he protected Jane when anyone tried to bother her. Jane’s sweetness kept people from picking on Jack; her beauty intimidated any unwanted girls, and kept other boys from acting in any way mean towards Jack.
But the summer time was when they could do everything they planned during school. They had all the free time in the world, three months of adventures and the beach. It was their last summer before college, so obviously they had to spend every second together. Jane sometimes worried that they were too close, that Jack might fall for her, but his flirty ways ended up just being how he related to people. He had grown up in an environment where he was not shown love, so the other extreme was to be overly flirtatious to show Jane that he really cared about her. By this summer, they had figured out that it wasn’t a romantic type of flirting, but more of a playful teasing.
They had planned hundreds of adventures to complete before college, and this summer was their last chance for any of them. The beach twice a week was Jane’s rule, and a road trip was Jack’s. Each time they would go to the beach they would bring a picnic and sit at the end of their favorite pier. They soaked up as much sun as they could, ignoring the warnings Jane’s mom yelled at both of them before they left the house; they cherished their golden brown beach sessions, and they weren’t about to let that go for the risk of skin cancer.
Jack’s road trip was a one-day adventure, but they encountered all of the necessary roadblocks for a perfect road trip; their car broke down five minutes from the nearest gas station, they argued over hitchhikers, and they made it to their destination with perfect timing. The sunset over the cliff near Jack’s old house was beautiful, and they spent the whole night staring at their cliché lives.
By the end of the summer they felt that their friendship was complete. They had fulfilled all of their summer goals, bonded more than ever before, but they still had left some mystery for their future. Neither of them knew if they could continue their ideal friendship across states and between universities, but they both hoped that the distance would only strengthen their already perfect unit.
Jack’s family had always been something of a burden on his life; he never felt that he fit in, except that he looked exactly the same as his big brother. But he was quiet when he was at home, very introverted. His relationships with both of his parents were different and alike; his mom was the person who supported everything he did but never really looked too deeply into his interests, and his dad had an image for his son, but he didn’t care enough to actually push him.
With no siblings to rival, Jane was close with both of her parents. She had almost no secrets from them, and they trusted her to keep herself on the right track. When she messed up, they would talk to her, but then everything would go back to her control. Her parents never grounded her, nor did they enforce any sort of curfew, so she was free to do almost anything she wanted.
Jack and Jane met in middle school when they dated for a week. They became so close that Jane decided Jack was more best friend material instead of boyfriend material, and Jack agreed. Neither of them was mature enough to date someone, so they used their strong connection to build a friendship that no boy and no girl could break. In school they sat together, they ate lunch together, and after school they walked home together. Jack had become tough after growing up with his big brother picking on him all the time, so he protected Jane when anyone tried to bother her. Jane’s sweetness kept people from picking on Jack; her beauty intimidated any unwanted girls, and kept other boys from acting in any way mean towards Jack.
But the summer time was when they could do everything they planned during school. They had all the free time in the world, three months of adventures and the beach. It was their last summer before college, so obviously they had to spend every second together. Jane sometimes worried that they were too close, that Jack might fall for her, but his flirty ways ended up just being how he related to people. He had grown up in an environment where he was not shown love, so the other extreme was to be overly flirtatious to show Jane that he really cared about her. By this summer, they had figured out that it wasn’t a romantic type of flirting, but more of a playful teasing.
They had planned hundreds of adventures to complete before college, and this summer was their last chance for any of them. The beach twice a week was Jane’s rule, and a road trip was Jack’s. Each time they would go to the beach they would bring a picnic and sit at the end of their favorite pier. They soaked up as much sun as they could, ignoring the warnings Jane’s mom yelled at both of them before they left the house; they cherished their golden brown beach sessions, and they weren’t about to let that go for the risk of skin cancer.
Jack’s road trip was a one-day adventure, but they encountered all of the necessary roadblocks for a perfect road trip; their car broke down five minutes from the nearest gas station, they argued over hitchhikers, and they made it to their destination with perfect timing. The sunset over the cliff near Jack’s old house was beautiful, and they spent the whole night staring at their cliché lives.
By the end of the summer they felt that their friendship was complete. They had fulfilled all of their summer goals, bonded more than ever before, but they still had left some mystery for their future. Neither of them knew if they could continue their ideal friendship across states and between universities, but they both hoped that the distance would only strengthen their already perfect unit.